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Seattle Sounders FC (6-3-1) host Los Angeles Galaxy (4-4-4) on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM PT, with the Sounders sitting 7th in MLS and looking to extend their unbeaten run at Lumen Field in Seattle.Seattle have been one of the stingier sides in the league this season, keeping 5 clean sheets through 10 matches while conceding just 0.6 goals per match — the product of a defense that has allowed only 6 goals all year. The Galaxy arrive in a contrasting position: sitting 13th on 16 points through 12 matches, their record of 4-4-4 reflects a side that…

The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned the murder convictions of Alex Murdaugh, who was found guilty of killing his wife and younger son, finding that the court clerk’s «improper external influence» on the jury denied him a fair trial.Murdaugh’s wife, Margaret «Maggie» Murdaugh, 52, and younger son, Paul Murdaugh, 22, were found dead from multiple gunshot wounds near the dog kennels at the family’s hunting estate in 2021.Murdaugh was convicted in 2023 of murdering them following a six-week trial, with jurors deliberating for nearly three hours before reaching a guilty verdict.Alex Murdaugh is led to the Colleton County Courthouse…

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon attends an interview with Reuters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., Nov. 5, 2025. Emily Elconin | ReutersJPMorgan Chase may reconsider a planned multibillion-dollar office tower in London if U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is ousted, the bank’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, said on Wednesday. Speaking to Bloomberg in Paris, the head of America’s biggest bank by assets said that while a change in leadership would not alter JPMorgan’s fundamental strategy, it could force the lender to rethink its future in the U.K. capital. JPMorgan announced late last year that it would build a new 3 million-square-foot tower in…

Estelle, who’s long held permanent resident status in the U.S., is a veteran at navigating the reentry process when she returns from visiting relatives in her native France. But on her most recent trip through customs in mid-March, officers detained the 57-year-old Lawrence, Kansas, resident for 30 hours, forced her to spend the night in a holding cell on a concrete slab and threatened her with deportation. Why? Because she acknowledged under questioning by customs officers that she’d once voted in a local election, despite not being a U.S. citizen. A small number of cities in the U.S. allow noncitizens…

Scientists say they have figured out why bitter herbs show up in folk remedies as a digestive aid, and they tell us which ones actually work.For centuries humans have used bitter herbs to aid digestion, but until recently it has been a mystery as to whether the effect was real and what it was about bitter tastes that helped. Now, a team of scientists led by Phil Richter and principal investigator Veronika Somoza, say that they have an answer and it’s a little surprising.In a March 2026 research paper published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, University of Munich food…

Star Wars made its return to animation in 2025 with Maul-Shadow Lord, a new series that spins off from the beloved Clone Wars series. This ten-part series shifts the attention to the Dark Side, putting the focus on the former Sith Lord, Maul, one year after the events of The Clone Wars. Barring the Tales of series, this marks the first real time that a villain has been the protagonist of a series, which opens up a whole new set of complexity and themes. But does the show actually work by having a villain featured so prominently? Let’s find out.…

It’s early in the morning, and Birmingham baseball coach Matt Mowry is at the supermarket looking through the flowers section before classes begin. He’s engaged in an unseen, often undervalued duty as a coach — providing comfort to players and their families.One of his players, 16-year-old sophomore outfielder JJ Rodriguez, lost his father, Anthony, 53, on a Saturday morning last month when he died in his sleep at home. Mowry is looking for a bouquet of flowers to present to JJ’s mother, Nancy, before his first game back.There are no easy answers how to help a family dealing with grief.…

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The event is specifically designed to showcase the ceremonial grandeur of political power in order to “excite and preserve the reverence of the population,” as put by Walter Bagehot, the 19th-century writer whose ideas have shaped British democracy.Dating back to the 15th century, these rites and rituals are the only occasion that brings together the three elements of Parliament: the democratically elected lawmakers of the House of Commons, the unelected House of Lords, and the Crown. It is also an embodiment of the at times violent transition from absolute to constitutional monarchy that helped create the modern United Kingdom.Starmer’s predicament…

Mohammad Amin Biglari disappeared as anti-government protests rocked Iran in early January. His father desperately searched morgues in Tehran, the Iranian capital, for a month, fearing his son was among the thousands killed in the crackdown by authorities.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Instead, a lawyer from the revolutionary court contacted the family and said Biglari had been arrested. Biglari’s father was not allowed to visit him at the Ghezel Hesar prison, some 30 miles west of Tehran, a relative outside of Iran who is in contact with the family told NBC…